Abstract
The repeated use of conventional synthetic pesticides in crop protection leads to resistance development by pests along with a negative impact on the environment, particularly non-target arthropods. Plant-derived active compounds, such as essential oils (EOs), play a key role in sustainably controlling pests. The lethal and sublethal activity of citrus peel EOs as emulsions and included in polyethylene glycol (PEG) nanoparticles (EO-NPs) was determined against the invasive tomato pest Tuta absoluta. Their effects on the plants were also assessed. The results showed an overall good insecticidal activity of the compounds tested, with a higher mortality through contact on eggs and larvae by EO emulsions and through ingestion on larvae by EO-NPs. The nanoformulation also significantly reduced the visible toxic effects on the plants. The data collected suggest that these natural compounds, especially when nanoformulated, could be successfully used in integrated pest management programs for T. absoluta.
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Claim · model-written summary
Essential oil emulsions caused greater contact mortality of Tuta absoluta eggs and larvae.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- EO emulsionse0
- Interactor
- Tuta absoluta
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Tuta absolutat0peste0 - Outcome
- mortality through contact on eggs and larvaee0
- Direction
- highere0
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e0“higher mortality through contact on eggs and larvae by EO emulsions”
t0“Citrus peel essential oil nanoformulations to control the tomato borer, Tuta absoluta: chemical properties and biological activity”
Claim · model-written summary
Essential oil nanoparticles caused greater ingestion mortality of Tuta absoluta larvae.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- EO-NPse0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0peste0
- Outcome
- mortalitye0
- Direction
- highere0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“with a higher mortality through contact on eggs and larvae by EO emulsions and through ingestion on larvae by EO-NPs”
t0“Citrus peel essential oil nanoformulations to control the tomato borer, Tuta absoluta: chemical properties and biological activity”
Claim · model-written summary
Nanoformulation significantly reduced visible plant toxicity.
- Taxon
- plantsViridiplantaee0
- Treatment
- nanoformulatione0
- Outcome
- visible toxic effects on the plantse0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“The nanoformulation also significantly reduced the visible toxic effects on the plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend nanoformulated essential oils for integrated control of Tuta absoluta.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Interactor
- T. absolutaTuta absolutae0pest
- Outcome
- integrated pest management programs for T. absolutae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“these natural compounds, especially when nanoformulated, could be successfully used in integrated pest management programs for T. absoluta”
t0“Citrus peel essential oil nanoformulations to control the tomato borer, Tuta absoluta: chemical properties and biological activity”
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